All Army deaths in Air Corps and all other branches, by month and type of death:
7 December 1941-31 December 1946 [a]--concluded

Year and month of death

Total

Battle deaths

Non-battle deaths

Total[b]

Killed in action

Died of wounds

Declared dead

Total[c]

Accident aircraft

Accident not aircraft

Disease

Other

U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces

2,158

2,141

1,853

21

267

17

10

0

7

0

1944

178

177

174

3

0

1.

1

0

0

0

June

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

August

3

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

September

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

October

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

November

57

57

57

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

December

114

114

111

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

1945

1,736

1,720

1,665

18

37

16

9

0

7

0

January

88

87

85

0

2

1

1

0

0

0

February

158

157

156

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

March

201

199

195

4

0

2

0

0

2

0

April

317

317

311

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

May

504

501

497

3

1

3

0

0

3

0

June

220

220

218

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

July

133

133

132

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

August

81

72

70

2

0

9

7

0

2

0

September

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

October

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

November

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

December

34

34

1

0

33

0

0

0

0

0

1946

230

230

0

0

230

0

0

0

0

0

Date unknown

14

14

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Theater unknown

302

59

49

10

0

243

111

19

74

39

1941 December

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1942

34

4

4

0

0

30

18

2

5

5

1943

59

13

12

1

0

46

20

4

14

8

1944

97

32

27

5

0

65

45

5

10

5

1945

86

10

6

4

0

76

25

5

32

14

1946

26

0

0

0

0

26

3

3

13

7

Date unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enroute (not chargeable to any command)

2,284

489

475

13

1

1,795

918

422

215

240

1941 December

7

0

0

0

0

7

1

3

1

2

1942

363

23

23

0

0

340

124

91

52

73

1943

984

441

429

12

0

543

263

158

61

61

1944

619

21

20

1

0

598

350

118

60

70

1945

261

1

1

0

0

260

165

33

38

24

1946

48

1

0

0

1

47

15

19

3

10

Date unknown

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

[a] See Introduction for sources and coverage.
[b] Consists solely of battle deaths (columns 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 16 of pages 8 through 91).
[c] Consists of non-battle deaths of personnel in a battle casualty status
(columns 13 and 17 of pages 8 through 91) and all other non-battle deaths.
[d] Includes deaths among personnel enroute to and from overseas.

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Duty Branch

BATTLE AND NON-BATTLE DEATHS

All Army deaths by duty branch and type of death:
7 December 1941-31 December 1946 [a]

All Army deaths by duty branch and type of death:
7 December 1941-31 December 1946 [a]--concluded

Duty branch

Total

Battle deaths

Non-battle deaths

Total[b]

Killed in action

Died of wounds

Declared dead

Total

Accident aircraft

Accident not aircraft

Disease

Other

Outside continental U.S. (incl. enroute to and from overseas

278,292

225,534

192,798

26,678

6,058

52,758

12,835

19,050

15,290

5,583

Officers

45,313

35,329

31,057

2,298

1,974

9,984

6,892

1,316

1,201

575

Male

45,191

35,313

31,043

2,296

1,974

9,878

6,851

1,279

1,179

569

General officers

44

24

19

3

2

20

8

1

10

1

General Staff Corps

37

17

14

3

0

20

7

4

9

0

Inspector General's Department

8

2

1

0

1

6

0

3

1

2

Military Intelligence

14

7

6

1

0

7

0

3

1

3

Air Corps

28,679

21,915

19,650

473

1,792

6,764

5,979

294

210

281

Cavalry

659

595

492

100

3

64

5

25

26

8

Coast Artillery Corps

477

294

251

40

3

183

19

45

106

13

Field Artillery

1,531

1,268

1,057

205

6

263

64

90

85

24

Infantry

9,228

8,584

7,276

1,229

79

644

65

251

269

59

Adjutant General's Department

41

8

7

1

0

33

7

10

12

4

Chemical Corps

113

82

68

14

0

31

8

17

2

4

Corps of Chaplains

119

73

61

12

0

46

9

11

23

3

Corps of Engineers

838

556

462

91

3

282

26

148

83

25

Corps of Military Police

49

17

11

5

1

32

2

14

9

7

Finance Department

21

3

1

2

0

18

3

2

10

3

Judge Advocate General's Dept.

8

4

4

0

0

4

0

1

1

2

Medical Department

539

277

228

46

3

262

61

65

101

35

Dental Corps

57

25

20

5

0

32

6

7

16

3

Medical Administrative Corps

74

45

38

6

1

29

2

11

12

4

Medical Corps

396

203

166

35

2

193

50

44

71

28

Sanitary Corps

2

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

Veterinary Corps

10

4

4

0

0

6

2

2

2

0

Ordnance Department

210

87

73

11

3

123

17

62

33

11

Quartermaster Corps

272

94

80

8

6

178

17

75

73

13

Signal Corps

242

99

85

13

1

143

38

50

40

15

Transportation Corps

86

19

17

2

0

67

7

34

16

10

No branch assigned

67

38

30

5

3

29

2

10

14

3

Warrant officers

209

99

87

9

3

110

18

39

36

17

Flight officers

1,700

1,151

1,063

23

65

549

489

25

9

26

Female

122

16

14

2

0

106

41

37

22

6

Army Nurse Corps

117

16

14

2

0

101

38

35

22

6

Dieticians

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Physical Therapists

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

Women's Army Corps

3

0

0

0

0

3

3

0

0

0

Enlisted

232,979

190,205

161,741

24,380

4,084

42,774

5,943

17,734

14,089

5,008

Male

232,923

190,205

161,741

24,380

4,084

42,718

5,912

17,721

14,078

5,007

Air Corps

37,461

27,196

24,807

643

1,746

10,265

5,115

1,995

2,491

664

Armored Force

1,733

1,578

1,399

171

8

155

3

116

18

18

Cavalry

4,975

4,361

3,471

811

79

614

12

292

247

63

Coast Artillery Corps

5,876

2,662

2,185

404

73

3,214

71

1,144

1,621

378

Field Artillery

10,316

7,585

5,922

1,493

170

2,731

46

1,385

1,026

274

Infantry

140,957

131,258

111,100

18,502

1,656

9,699

197

4,074

4,317

1,111

Adjutant General's Department

65

3

2

1

0

62

9

25

19

9

Chemical Corps

1,288

879

764

112

3

409

24

194

160

31

Corps of Engineers

11,112

6,645

5,458

1,053

134

4,467

82

2,554

1,105

726

Corps of Military Police

1,091

286

231

54

1

805

12

539

163

91

Finance Department

39

15

13

1

1

24

3

9

11

1

Medical Department

5,927

4,372

3,610

704

58

1,555

76

700

591

188

Ordnance Department

2,726

801

693

93

15

1,925

61

1,071

569

224

Quartermaster Corps

4,854

1,200

979

125

96

3,654

72

1,978

933

671

Signal Corps

2,463

892

692

162

38

1,571

81

772

531

187

Transportation Corps

1,524

298

255

41

2

1,226

18

724

177

307

Detached enlisted men's list

190

33

24

6

3

157

21

59

51

26

No branch assigned

326

141

136

4

1

185

9

90

48

38

Female

56

0

0

0

0

56

31

13

11

1

Women's Army Corps

56

0

0

0

0

56

31

13

11

1

[a] See Introduction for sources and coverage.
[b] Consists solely of battle deaths (columns 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 16 of pages 8 through 91).
[c] Consists of non-battle deaths of personnel in a battle casualty status (columns 13
and 17 of pages 8 through 91) and all other non-battle deaths.

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Grade in Which Serving

All Army deaths by grade in which serving and type of death:
7 December 1941-31 December 1946 [a]

All Army deaths by grade in which serving and type of death:
7 December 1941-31 December 1946 [a]--concluded

Grade in which serving

Total

Battle deaths

Non-battle deaths

Total[b]

Killed in action

Died of wounds

Declared dead

Total

Accident aircraft

Accident not aircraft

Disease

Other

Outside continental U.S. (incl. enroute to and from overseas)

278,292

225,534

192,798

26,678

6,058

52,758

12,835

19,050

15,290

5,583

Officers

45,313

35,329

31,057

2,298

1,974

9,984

6,892

1,316

1,201

575

Commissioned

43,404

34,079

29,907

2,266

1,906

9,325

6,385

1,252

1,156

532

Male

43,282

34,063

29,893

2,264

1,906

9,219

6,344

1,215

1,134

526

General

44

24

19

3

2

20

8

1

10

1

Colonel

216

112

93

14

5

104

45

14

40

5

Lieutenant colonel

641

389

321

60

8

252

97

41

97

17

Major

1,215

761

661

60

40

454

228

84

111

31

Captain

4,720

3,330

2,803

371

156

1,390

713

241

324

112

First lieutenant

16,169

13,058

11,333

918

807

3,111

2,134

464

316

197

Second lieutenant

20,277

16,389

14,663

838

888

3,888

3,119

370

236

163

Female

122

16

14

2

0

106

41

37

22

6

Major

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Captain

3

0

0

0

0

3

1

2

0

0

First lieutenant

26

7

7

0

0

19

6

6

6

1

Second lieutenant

93

9

7

2

0

84

34

29

16

5

Warrant and flight

1,909

1,250

1,150

32

68

659

507

64

45

43

Male

1,909

1,250

1,150

32

68

659

507

64

45

43

Chief warrant officer

81

31

28

3

0

50

9

12

19

10

Warrant officer, junior grade

128

68

59

6

60

9

27

17

7

Flight officer

1,700

1,151

1,063

23

65

549

489

25

9

26

Female

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Enlisted personnel

232,979

190,205

161,741

24,380

4,084

42,774

5,943

17,734

14,089

5,008

Male

232,923

190,205

161,741

24,380

4,084

42,718

5,912

17,721

14,078

5,007

Master and first sergeant

1,579

921

792

102

27

658

164

210

237

47

Technical sergeant

9,029

7,634

6,757

553

324

1,395

722

361

218

94

Staff sgt. and techn. 3rd grade

27,810

24,136

21,272

2,017

847

3,674

1,484

981

941

268

Sergeant and technician 4th grade

29,471

23,522

20,186

2,710

626

5,949

1,395

2,101

1,928

525

Corporal and technician 5th grade

24,661

16,528

13,777

2,386

365

8,133

1,121

3,566

2,594

852

Private first class

74,487

63,643

53,569

9,367

707

10,844

589

5,257

3,608

1,390

Private

65,874

53,821

45,388

7,245

1,188

12,053

426

5,244

4,552

1,831

Aviation cadet

12

0

0

0

0

12

11

1

0

0

Female

56

0

0

0

0

56

31

13

11

1

Master and first sergeant

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Technical sergeant

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

Staff sgt. and techn. 3rd grade

2

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

Sergeant and technician 4th grade

10

0

0

0

0

10

5

3

2

0

Corporal and technician 5th grade

10

0

0

0

0

10

3

3

4

0

Private first class

28

0

0

0

0

28

20

5

2

1

Private

5

0

0

0

0

5

1

2

2

0

[a] See Introduction for sources and coverage.
[b] Consists solely of battle deaths (columns 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 16 of pages 8 through 91).
[c] Consists of non-battle deaths of personnel in a battle casualty status (columns 13 and
17 of pages 8 through 91) and all other non-battle deaths.